Abstract

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CRIME AND CRIMINAL LAW. 1. Crime, Criminals, and Criminal Justice: Public opinion Versus Expert Knowledge. 2. Criminal Law: Historical and Contemporary Problems. PART II: THE EXTENT AND MEASUREMENT OF CRIME AND VICTIMISATION. 3. The Measurement of Crime. 4. Victims of Crime. PART III: THEORIES, METHODS AND RESEARCH ON CRIME CAUSATION. 5. Criminological Theory and Research: Past, Present, and Future. 6. Biology and Crime. 7. Psychiatric and Psychological Theories. 8. Sociological Theories of Crime. 9. The Humanistic Tradition: Labelling, Conflict and Radical Theories of Crime and Criminal Justice. PART IV: PATTERNS AND TYPES OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR. 10. Violent Crimes. 11. Property Crimes. 12. White-Collar Crimes. 13. Political Crime. 14. Public Order Crimes. 15. Organised Crime. PART V: THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. 16. Police Work and Law Enforcement. 17. The Adjudication Process. 18. Corrections: Prisons and Alternatives to Prisons. PART VI: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY. 19. Cross Cultural Criminology independence mounted by non-elites.

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